JP2017105123A - Recording device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a recording device being capable of integrally handling a housing and liquid storage bodies while suppressing an increase in number of components in the case where the liquid storage bodies are provided outside the housing for accommodating a recording head.SOLUTION: A recording device 11 comprises: a recording head performing recording onto a sheet by using ink; a housing 15 for accommodating the recording head; and liquid storage bodies being provided outside the housing and storing the ink supplied to the recording head. The housing has a support section 51 being provided so as to integrally extend from one side surfaces and capable of supporting the liquid storage bodies from a lower side. In the housing, a housing side handgrip section 61 and a support section side handgrip section 59 are individually provided at a side of the other side surfaces being an opposite side to the one side surfaces and the support section.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer.

  Conventionally, a recording head that performs recording on a medium by ejecting ink, which is an example of a liquid, a casing that accommodates the recording head, and a liquid that is provided outside the casing and accommodates ink supplied to the recording head A recording apparatus including a container is known. Some of such recording apparatuses are provided so that a housing and a liquid container provided outside the housing can be handled integrally (for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-66823

  By the way, in the case of the recording apparatus of Patent Document 1, the casing and the liquid container are supported from below and a support base provided so as to be able to be handled is provided so that the casing and the liquid container can be handled integrally. It is composed. However, since a new member called a support base is separately provided, there is a problem that the number of parts increases.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to suppress an increase in the number of components while a liquid container is provided outside a housing that houses a recording head. An object of the present invention is to provide a recording apparatus that can handle a liquid container integrally.

Hereinafter, means for solving the above-described problems and the effects thereof will be described.
A recording apparatus that solves the above problem includes a recording head that performs recording on a medium using a liquid, a housing that houses the recording head, and a liquid that is provided outside the housing and is supplied to the recording head. A liquid container, and the casing is provided integrally extending from one side surface, and has a support part capable of supporting the liquid container from below, and the casing is opposite to the one side surface. On the other side surface and the support portion, a handle portion is provided.

  According to this configuration, by providing the support portion that supports the liquid container outside the housing integrally with the housing, the housing and the liquid housing can be handled integrally while suppressing an increase in the number of parts. Can do.

In the recording apparatus, it is preferable that the positions of the handle portions in the vertical direction are the same in a state where the casing is placed on a horizontal plane.
According to this configuration, when the recording device is carried by placing the hand on the handle portion provided on the casing and the support portion, the posture of the recording device can be easily kept horizontal, so that the recording device can be easily carried.

  In the recording apparatus, the casing includes an upper casing and a lower casing that are stacked in a vertical direction, and the upper casing and the lower casing include the medium recorded by the recording head. It is preferable that each of the medium cassettes to be accommodated is provided so as to be mountable, and the support portion is provided integrally with the lower housing.

According to this configuration, the recording apparatus can be handled more stably as compared with the case where the support portion is provided in the upper housing.
The recording apparatus preferably includes a liquid container holding unit that holds the liquid container, and the liquid container holding unit is fixed between the support unit and the upper housing.

According to this configuration, the liquid container can be protected from an external impact or the like by the liquid container holding part.
In the recording apparatus, it is preferable that the support portion is provided with a rib for ensuring the rigidity of the support portion.

According to this configuration, the strength of the support portion can be improved.
In the recording apparatus, the recording head and the liquid container are connected via a supply pipe, and the support portion can appropriately supply the liquid stored in the liquid container to the recording head by a water head difference. It is preferable that the liquid container is supported.

  According to this configuration, for example, without providing a drive source such as a pump, the liquid can be appropriately supplied from the liquid container to the recording head via the supply pipe due to a water head difference, so that the configuration can be simplified.

In the recording apparatus, it is preferable that the handle portion provided in the support portion is provided across an edge of the support portion.
According to this configuration, the recording apparatus can be easily carried because it can be handled at any position on the edge of the support portion.

In the recording apparatus, the liquid container preferably has an injection port through which liquid can be injected.
According to this configuration, the liquid container can be continuously used without being replaced.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the recording apparatus according to the embodiment. The front view of a recording device. The perspective view when the lower housing | casing which comprises the housing | casing of a recording device is seen from upper direction. The perspective view when a lower housing | casing is seen from the downward direction. The front view of the recording device containing a partial cross section. The front view of the recording device which shows a modification.

  Hereinafter, as an embodiment of a recording apparatus, an ink jet printer including a recording head that records characters and images on a medium using ink, which is an example of a liquid, will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the recording apparatus 11 includes a recording unit 12 that performs recording on a sheet S, which is an example of a medium, and an image reading unit 13 that is disposed on top of the recording unit 12. . The image reading unit 13 is configured by, for example, a scanner, and is provided so as to automatically feed a document placed on the placing table 14 and to read characters and images recorded on the document. The recording unit 12 includes a rectangular parallelepiped casing 15, and a recording unit 31 that performs recording on the paper S is provided inside the casing 15.

  The casing 15 of the recording unit 12 includes a lower casing 16 that constitutes a lower portion thereof, and an upper casing 17 that is disposed above the lower casing 16. An opening 18 through which the inside of the housing 15 is exposed is provided on one surface of the upper housing 17 (the surface facing right front in FIG. 1). Here, the surface of the upper housing 17 in which the opening 18 is formed is the front surface of the recording apparatus 11, and the opposite surface is the rear surface.

  A discharge tray 19 that can be pulled out forward of the recording apparatus 11 is provided on the front surface of the upper casing 17 and below the opening 18. Further, below the discharge tray 19 is provided an upper cassette mounting portion 21 to which an upper cassette (medium cassette) 20 on which the sheets S are stacked can be mounted. A lower cassette mounting portion 23 to which a lower cassette (medium cassette) 22 configured similarly to the upper cassette 20 can be mounted is also provided on the front surface of the lower housing 16.

  The recording unit 31 provided in the housing 15 includes a carriage 33 that can reciprocate along a guide shaft 32 that extends in the longitudinal direction of the housing 15 in the left-right direction in FIG. 2, and a recording head 34 that is mounted on the carriage 33. And. The recording head 34 is provided with a plurality of nozzles (not shown), and when recording on the paper S, ink is ejected from these nozzles. That is, the recording apparatus 11 conveys the paper S placed in the upper cassette 20 and the lower cassette 22 one by one from the rear surface side to the front surface side of the recording apparatus 11, and the recording head 34 ejects ink onto the paper S. Thus, after recording, the sheet S is discharged out of the housing 15 from the opening 18 toward the discharge tray 19. An operation unit 24 that protrudes toward the front of the recording device 11 is provided on the front surface of the image reading unit 13, and the image reading unit 13 and the recording unit 12 perform various operations via the operation unit 24.

  A liquid container holding portion 42 that holds the liquid container 41 is attached to the right side surface of the upper housing 17 on the right side in FIG. The liquid container 41 is configured as a so-called ink tank that stores ink that the recording head 34 ejects onto the paper S. That is, the liquid container 41 is connected to the recording head 34 of the recording unit 31 by a tube (supply pipe) 43 from which ink can be drawn, and the ink stored in the liquid container 41 is supplied to the recording head 34 through the tube 43. The Further, the liquid container 41 is provided with an injection port 44 through which ink can be injected into the liquid container 41, and the liquid container 41 communicates with the atmosphere through an air communication hole (not shown). .

  The liquid container holding part 42 includes a cover 45 provided on the upper part thereof so as to be freely opened and closed. When the cover 45 is opened, the inlet 44 of the liquid container 41 held by the liquid container holder 42 is exposed. That is, it can be said that the liquid container holding part 42 contains the liquid container 41. The liquid container holding part 42 has an opening 46 that exposes a part of the exterior of the liquid container 41 held by the liquid container holding part 42. With this window portion 46, it is possible to visually recognize the amount of ink stored in the liquid container 41 held by the liquid container holder 42. The lower housing 16 is provided with a support portion 51 that supports the liquid container holding portion 42 attached to the upper housing 17 from below. That is, it can be said that the liquid container holding part 42 is fixed to the upper casing 17 and the support part 51, and the liquid container 41 is supported by the support part 51 via the liquid container holding part 42.

  The support portion 51 is provided so as to protrude from the right side surface of the lower housing 16 so as to overlap the liquid container holding portion 42 in the vertical direction. The support unit 51 supports the liquid container holding unit 42 such that the liquid level position of the ink stored in the liquid container 41 has a water head difference L with respect to the lower surface of the recording head 34 in which the nozzles are opened. doing. More specifically, the support unit 51 supports the liquid container 41 at a position where the water head difference L is maintained within a certain range so that ink can be normally ejected from the nozzles of the recording head 34. Since the liquid surface position of the ink stored in the liquid container 41 is positioned below the lower surface of the recording head 34, the ink is transferred from the liquid container 41 to the recording head 34 based on the amount of ink ejected by the recording head 34. Therefore, stable ink supply is realized. Incidentally, in the present embodiment, for example, when the liquid surface position of the ink stored in the liquid container 41 is located above the lower surface of the recording head 34, the ink is successively applied from the liquid container 41 toward the recording head 34. Since the ink is supplied, ink may be unintentionally ejected from the nozzle. That is, the support portion 51 supports the liquid container 41 at a position where ink stored in the liquid container 41 can be appropriately supplied to the recording head 34 via the tube 43 due to the water head difference L.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the lower housing 16 constituting the lower portion of the housing 15 has a box shape. The support portion 51 provided on the side surface of the lower housing 16 is provided integrally with the lower housing 16. The bottom wall portion 52 that forms the inner bottom surface of the support portion 51 is provided with a cylindrical portion 53 that extends upward from a position near the lower housing 16 and extends from the lower surface of the liquid container holding portion 42. The pin is engaged with the cylindrical portion 53. A plurality of ribs 54 extending in the vertical direction are provided on the inner peripheral surface of the support portion 51.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, in the support portion 51, a concave portion 55 is provided on the side opposite to the side on which the cylindrical portion 53 and the rib 54 are provided in the vertical direction. The recess 55 includes a bottom wall portion 52, a side wall portion 56 that extends so as to intersect the bottom wall portion 52, a front wall portion 57, a rear wall portion 58, and a side surface of the lower housing. Thereby, the lower end of the side wall part 56, the front wall part 57, and the rear wall part 58 which become the edge of the support part 51 functions as a support part side handle part (handle part) 59 that can be handed. That is, it can be said that the support portion side handle portion 59 is provided across the edge of the support portion 51.

  Further, in the bottom surface of the lower housing 16, a concave portion 60 is provided on the opposite side to the side where the support portion 51 is provided, similarly to the support portion 51. Due to the recess 60, a housing-side handle portion (handle portion) 61 is provided on the other side surface of the lower housing 16 opposite to the one side surface on which the support portion 51 is provided. The support-side handle 59 and the housing-side handle 61 are in contact with the floor surface F so that the recording device 11 can be hooked in a state where the recording device 11 is placed on the floor surface F substantially matching the horizontal plane. It is located above the bottom surface of the recording device 11. In the present embodiment, the support portion side handle portion 59 is located above the housing side handle portion 61.

Next, the operation of the recording apparatus 11 configured as described above will be described.
As shown in FIG. 5, when the user carries the recording apparatus 11, he / she holds a hand on a support-side handle 59 provided on the support 51 and a case-side handle 61 provided on the lower housing 16. Thus, the housing 15 and the liquid container 41 are lifted together. At this time, since the weight of the recording apparatus 11 is generally heavier than that of the liquid container 41, the boundary between the housing 15 and the support portion 51, that is, the base end portion on the side surface side of the lower housing 16 in the support portion 51. A strong stress is applied. In this regard, in the recording apparatus 11 according to the present embodiment, the support portion 51 is provided integrally with the lower housing 16, so that the housing 15 and the liquid container 41 are integrated with each other without providing a new member. In addition, the rigidity of the support portion 51 is ensured so that it can be handled and can withstand the weight of the recording apparatus 11. Further, the rib 54 provided on the support portion 51 secures more rigidity. Further, by providing the support portion side handle portion 59 over the edge of the support portion 51, it is possible not only from the side surface side of the recording apparatus 11 but also from the front side and the rear side of the recording apparatus 11. .

According to the above embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since the support portion 51 that supports the liquid container 41 outside the housing 15 is provided integrally with the housing 15, the housing 15 and the liquid container 41 are integrated while suppressing an increase in the number of parts. Can be handled.

  (2) Since the support unit 51 is provided in the lower housing 16, the recording apparatus 11 can be supported and carried from the lower side as compared with the case where the support unit 51 is provided in the upper housing 17, and thus more stable. The recording device 11 can be handled.

(3) The liquid container 41 can be protected from an external impact or the like by the liquid container holding part 42.
(4) By providing the ribs 54, the rigidity of the support portion 51 is ensured, so that the strength of the support portion 51 can be improved so as to withstand the weight of the recording device 11 when the recording device 11 is carried.

  (5) Since the ink can be appropriately supplied from the liquid container 41 to the recording head 34 through the tube 43 by the water head difference L without providing a driving source such as a pump, the configuration can be simplified.

(6) Since it can be handled at any position on the edge of the support portion 51, the recording apparatus 11 can be more easily carried.
(7) Since the liquid container 41 has the inlet 44, the liquid container 41 can be used continuously without being replaced.

In addition, you may change the said embodiment as follows.
As shown in FIG. 6, in the above embodiment, the support-side handle 59 and the housing-side handle 61 may be provided at the same position in the vertical direction. The recording apparatus 11 placed on the floor surface F includes a support portion side handle portion 59 and a housing side handle portion 61 at a position at a distance H from the floor surface F.

According to this configuration, the following effects can be obtained in addition to the effects of the above embodiment.
(8) When the recording device 11 is carried by holding the handle 15 (the case side handle 61, the support side handle 59) provided in the housing 15 and the support portion 51, the posture of the recording device 11 is changed. Since it is easy to keep it horizontal, the recording apparatus 11 can be easily carried.

In the above embodiment, the ink may be supplied from the liquid container 41 toward the recording head 34 by a driving source such as a diaphragm pump.
In the recording apparatus, the lower housing 16 may not be provided, and the support portion 51 may be integrally extended from the upper housing 17.

In the recording apparatus, the tube 43 that functions as a supply pipe may be changed to, for example, a pipe.
In the recording apparatus, the liquid container holding part 42 may not be provided, and the support part 51 may directly support the liquid container 41.

In the recording apparatus, the liquid container 41 does not need to include the injection port 44, and may be constituted by, for example, a replaceable ink cartridge or an ink pack.
In the recording apparatus, the recording unit 31 may be configured by a line head type that is provided in a long direction along a direction intersecting the direction in which the paper S is conveyed.

In the above recording apparatus, the medium recorded by the recording apparatus 11 is not limited to the paper S, and may be a fabric or a plastic film.
In the above-described embodiment, the recording apparatus 11 ejects a fluid other than ink (including a fluid, a liquid material in which particles of a functional material are dispersed or mixed in the liquid, and a fluid such as a gel). Or a fluid ejection device that discharges or discharges the fluid. For example, a liquid material ejecting apparatus that ejects a liquid material in the form of dispersed or dissolved materials such as electrode materials and color materials (pixel materials) used for manufacturing liquid crystal displays, EL (electroluminescence) displays, and surface-emitting displays. It may be. Moreover, the fluid body injection apparatus which injects fluid bodies, such as a gel (for example, physical gel), may be sufficient. The present invention can be applied to any one of these fluid ejecting apparatuses. In the present specification, the term “fluid” includes, for example, a liquid (including an inorganic solvent, an organic solvent, a solution, a liquid resin, a liquid metal (metal melt), etc.), a liquid, and a fluid. included.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Printer (recording apparatus), 12 ... Recording unit, 13 ... Image reading part, 14 ... Mounting stand, 15 ... Housing | casing, 16 ... Lower housing | casing, 17 ... Upper housing | casing, 18 ... Opening part, 19 ... Discharge tray 20 ... Upper cassette (medium cassette), 21 ... Upper cassette mounting section, 22 ... Lower cassette (medium cassette), 23 ... Lower cassette mounting section, 24 ... Operation section, 34 ... Recording head, 41 ... Liquid container, 42 ... Liquid container holding part, 43 ... Tube (supply pipe), 44 ... Injection port, 45 ... Cover, 46 ... Window part, 51 ... Support part, 52 ... Bottom wall part, 53 ... Tube part, 54 ... Rib, 55 ... concave part 56 ... side wall part 58 ... rear wall part 59 ... support part side handle part (handle part), 60 ... recess part 61 ... housing side handle part (handle part), F ... floor surface, S: Paper (medium).

Claims (8)

A recording head for recording on a medium using a liquid;
A housing for accommodating the recording head;
A liquid container that is provided outside the housing and contains a liquid supplied to the recording head;
The housing is provided integrally extending from one side surface, and has a support part capable of supporting the liquid container from below,
The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a handle portion is provided on each of the other side surface of the housing opposite to the one side surface and the support portion.   2. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the positions of the handle portions in the vertical direction are the same in a state where the casing is placed on a horizontal plane.   The casing includes an upper casing and a lower casing that are stacked in the vertical direction, and the upper casing and the lower casing are media cassettes that store the medium recorded by the recording head. The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recording apparatus is provided so as to be attachable to each other, and the support portion is provided integrally with the lower housing.   The recording apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a liquid container holding unit configured to hold the liquid container, wherein the liquid container holding unit is fixed by the support unit and the upper housing.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support portion is provided with a rib for ensuring the rigidity of the support portion.   The recording head and the liquid container are connected via a supply pipe, and the support portion is configured to appropriately supply the liquid stored in the liquid container to the recording head by a water head difference. The recording apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the recording apparatus is supported.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the handle portion provided in the support portion is provided across an edge of the support portion.   The recording apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the liquid container has an inlet through which liquid can be injected.

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